OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
April 10,2019
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I transmit herewith, together with Aldermen Brookins and Moreno, a congratulatory resolution concerning Chicago Public Schools' Champions.
Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Chicago Public Schools offers students opportunities to take part in a wide variety of athletic and academic competitions to promote and test their athletic skills and intellectual development; and
WHEREAS, Many of our diverse, talented, and hard-working students have excelled in these competitions; and
WHEREAS, In the Class 2A IHSA Basketball Tournament, Orr High School students Greg Outlaw, Mike Taylor, Terrance Ford, Tyler Bullock, Shaun Harris, Sherif Kenney, William Thomas, Terry Williams III, Leontae Lilly, Semaj Jones, Lawrence Green, Marquell Crump, Tufuatae Williams, Robert Standord, Demarius Splunge, Dalatha Alderman, Terelle Wells, and Maqael Henderson won the state championship; and
WHEREAS, In the Class2A IHSA Girls Basketball Tournament, Marshall High School students Shamiyah Godfrey, Jalyn Jimenez, Brandi Hudson, Dashiera Butts, Danjanae James, Jayonna Smith, Niyah Zamudio, Roquesha Sims, Aaliyah Johnson, Tamarriyanna Levy, and Ashante Kizer won the state championship; and
WHEREAS, In the Class 2A IHSA girls tennis tournament, Whitney Young High School students Sophie Ishiwari and Isabel Kupustka won the doubles championship; and
WHEREAS, In the CPS High School Chess Championship, Taft High School student Brent Alonzo (board one), Whitney Young High School students Akhil Kalghatgi (board three), Deniz Gulecyuz (board four), Roman Ricardo (board six), Daniel Zhang (board seven), and Robert Bitunjac (board eight), and Walter Payton High School student Samuel Essex (board five) won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the CPS K-8 Chess Championship, Skinner North student Alexander Oseledets won 1st Place in K-2, Decatur student Enhkjin Namuunbayar won 1st Place in K-4, Decatur Classical School student Christopher Sakaliyski won 1st Place in K-6, and Whitney Young Academic Center student Kim Gunn won 1st Place in K-8; and
WHEREAS, In the IHSA State Chess Championship, Whitney Young High School students Nikhil Kalghatgi, Aria Hoesley, Matthew Stevens, Tristan Kenny, Dino Vazquez, Bobby Bitunjac, Deniz Gulecyuz, Akhil Kalghatgi, Dylan Chhay, and Daniel Zhang won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the United States Chess Federation K-12 High School National Championship, Whitney Young High School students Matthew Stevens won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the 10th Annual Budding Grandmasters of Chess Greater Chicago K-12 Championships, Decatur Classical School student Troy Gonzales won the Individual Primary Section; Beaubien Elementary student Dimitri Deligiannis won the Individual Elementary Section; Skinner North student Jack Heller won the Individual Junior High Section; Decatur Classical student Avi Kaplana won the High School Section; the Skinner North Chess Team, whose members include Leo Hartstein, Alexander Oseledets, and Andrew Xie won the Team Primary Section; the Decatur Classical Chess Team, whose members include Siri Chennareddy, Jenna Cinco, Liam Minkov, and Anujin Namuunbayar, and the Edison Regional Gifted chess team, whose members include Sreekar Gangavarapu, Sophie Hong, and Christopher Sakaliyski won the Team Elementary Section; the University of Chicago Lab School chess team, whose members include Cyrus Esmailzadeh, Emmett Goolsbee, Allison Li, Junliang Liu, Alice Fan, Krish Khanna, Jack Li, Adam Pastor, and Samuel Pastor
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Won the Team Junior High Section; the Walter Payton High School Chess Team, whose members include Amar Jerath, Lizzy Brahin, Gabriel Essex, Jackson Friedlander, Matthew Li, Emil Weisfeld, Ezra Boldizsar, Winston Ding, Samuel Essex, Leo Kantrow, and Rustin Sohanaki won the Team High School Section; and
WHEREAS, In the 2019 U.S. Academic Decathlon State of Illinois Competition, Whitney Young High School students Jack Fetsch, Joseph Radinsky, Bryan Wong, Taylor Carson, Lorenzo Bautista, Allison Chhay, Braulio Cornejo, and Noah McKay won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the Chicago Middle School Debate League City Championship, South Loop Elementary student Miles Reeves was Varsity Champion and South Loop Elementary students Rebecca Chan and Grace Bauer won Varsity 2nd Place; Lincoln Elementary students Megha Khemka and Olivia Nach were Junior Varsity Champions; Skinner West Elementary students Sunshine Pang and Trey Tucker won Varsity 2nd Place; Bell Elementary students Greyson Parfenoff and Zoey Walsh were Novice Champions; Skinner West Elementary students Mary Yoon and Rebecca Besecker won Novice 2nd Place; South Loop Elementary student Miles Reeves won the Varsity Top Speaker Award; OA Thorp Elementary student Kristina Muharremaj won Varsity Top Speaker 2nd Place; Skinner West Elementary student Rebecca Chan won Varsity Top Speaker 3rd Place; Skinner West Elementary student Anna Shao won Junior Varsity Top Speaker Award 1st Place; Skinner West Elementary student Anna Shao won Junior Varsity Top Speaker Award 2nd Place; South Loop Elementary student Nikita Agrawal won Junior Varsity Top Speaker Award 3rd Place; Pierce Elementary student Luz Valenzuela won Novice Top Speaker Award 1st Place; Bell Elementary student Ava Doran won Novice Top Speaker Award 2nd Place; and Bell Elementary student Zoey Walsh won Novice Top Speaker Award 3rd Place; and
WHEREAS, In the Chicago High School Debate League City Championship, Solorio Academy High School students Kelvin Castro and Amado Candalerio were Varsity Champions; Solorio Academy High School student Kelvin Castro was named 2019 Debater ofthe Year; Jones College Prep teacher Caitlin Miller was the Golden Gavel winner for teacher coach of the year; and Solorio Academy High School principal Victor Iturralde won Principal ofthe Year; and
WHEREAS, In the CPS Student STEM Exhibition, Lane Tech High School student Dhruv Bala, Whitney Young Magnet High School students Kayla Huang and Mercy Oladipo, and Walter Payton High School student Annesh Anagha were International Science and Engineering Fair Participants; and Lane Tech High School student Gabriele Ron and Von Steuben student Sofia Rogel were Alternates in the International Science & Engineering Fair; and
WHEREAS, In the Chicago Public Schools 2019 Citywide Spelling Bee, Audubon Elementary student Aaron Chang was the Spelling Bee Champion; and
WHEREAS, In the City of Chicago Math League Championship, Northside College Prep student Llorenz Meliton received the O'Roark Award for having the highest cumulative score over four years; Northside College Prep student Llorenz Meliton won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Precalculus; Payton College Prep student Lauren Sands won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Precalculus; Northside College Prep student Michael Barz won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Algebra 2; Whitney Young High School student Luke Peng won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Algebra 2; Whitney Young High School student Isabel McGuigan won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Geometry; Whitney Young High School student Jiajun Yan won the 2nd Place McCarthy- -Murzin Award in Geometry; Whitney Young High School student Christina Li won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Algebra 1; Whitney Young High School student Adela Jianu won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Algebra 1; Payton College Prep student Sedona Kessler won 1st
Place in Algebra 1 - Division A; Whitney Young High School student Isabel McGuigan won 1st Place in Algebra 2 - Division A; Northside College Prep student Michael Barz won 1st Place in Algebra 2 -Division A; and Payton College Prep student Lauren Sands won 1st Place in Precalculus - Division A; and
WHEREAS, The Members of this Chamber are pleased to congratulate all ofthe members of the Chicago Public Schools teams on their overwhelming success in their fields of competition; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled here this tenth day of April, 2019, do hereby applaud and congratulate all of these Chicago Public School students on their championship performances; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to each of these exemplary Chicago Public School students as a token of our respect and of our best wishes for a bright and prosperous future.
it resolution
adopt** by Tlie Qltlj QoUHCll
ofthe Qity of Qkicago, Illinois
Alderman Proco Joe Moreno and Howard Brookins, Jr.
resented by Mayor Rahm Emanuel April TO, 2019
6T6CIS ' Chicago Public Schools offers students opportunities to take part in a wide variety of athletic and academic competitions to promote and test their athletic skills and intellectual development; and
WHEREAS, Many of our diverse, talented, and hard-working students have excelled in these competitions; and
WHEREAS, In the Class 2A IHSA Basketball Tournament, Orr High School students Greg Outlaw, .Mike .Taylor, .Terrance Ford, Tyler Bullock, Shaun Harris, Sherif Kenhey, William Thomas, Jerry Williams III, Leontae Lilly, Semaj Jones, Lawrence Green, Marquell Crump, Tufuaiqe Williams, /Robert Slandord, Demarius Splunge, Dalatha Alderman, Terelie Wells, and Magael He.nderson won the state championship; and
vWHEREAS,^ Tournament, Marshall High School
students <Shamiyqh «G.b;cJfrey;;.%iyh'--Jim.enez/ 'Brandi Hudson, Dashiera Butts, Danjanae James, Jayonna Smith, Niyah Zamudio, Roquesha Sims, Aaliyah Johnson, Tamarriyanna Levy, and Ashante Kizer Won the.state championship; and
WHEREAS, In the Class 2A IHSA girls tennis tournament, Whitney Young High School students Sophie Ishiwari and Isabel .Kupustka won the doubles championship; and
WHEREAS, In the GPS;High School Chess Championship, Taft High School student Brent Alonzo (board one), Whitney Young High School students Akhil Kalghatgi (board three), Deniz Gulecyuz (board four), Roman Ricardo (board six), Daniel Zhang (board seven), and Robert Bitunjac (board eight), and Walter Payton High School student Samuel Essex (board five) won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the CPS K-8 Chess Championship, Skinner North student Alexander Oseledets won 1st Place in K-2, Decatur student Enhkjin Namuunbayar won 1st Place in K-4, Decatur Classical School student Christopher Sakaliyski won 1st Place in K-6, and Whitney Young Academic Center student Kim Gunn won 1st Place in K-8; and
WHEREAS, In the IHSA Slate Chess Championship, Whitney Young High School students Nikhil Kalghatgi, Aria Hoesley, Matthew Stevens, Tristan Kenny, Dino Vazquez, Bobby Bitunjac, Deniz Gulecyuz, Akhil Kalghatgi, Dylan Chhay, and Daniel Zhang won 1 st Place; and .
WHEREAS, In the United Stales Chess Federation K-12 High School National Championship, Whitney Young High School students Matthew Stevens won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the 10th Annual Budding Grandmasters of Chess Greater Chicago K-12 Championships, Decatur Classical School student Troy Gonzales won the Individual Primary Section; Beaubien Elementary student Dimitri Deligiannis won the Individual Elementary Section; Skinner North student Jack Heller won the Individual Junior High Section; Decatur Classical student Avi Kaplana won the High School Section; the Skinner North Chess Team, whose members include Leo Hartstein, Alexander Oseledets, and Andrew Xie won the Team Primary Section; the Decatur Classical Chess Team, whose members include Siri Chennareddy, Jenna Cinco, Liam Minkov, and Anujin Namuunbayar, and the Edison Regional Gifted chess team, whose members include Sreekar Gangavarapu, Sophie Hong, and Christopher Sakaliyski won the Team Elementary Section; the University of Chicago Lab School chess team, whose members include' Cyrus Esmailzadeh, Emmett Goolsbee, Allison Li, Junliang. Liu, Alice Fan, Krish Khqnna, Jack Li, Adam Pastor, and Samuel Pastor won the Team Junior High Section; the •Walter Pciytpn High School Chess Team, whose members 'include Amar Jerath, Lizzy Brdhin,'-Gabriel Essex, Jackson Friedlander, Mdtthew/jX Emil^ Winston Ding, Samuel Essex, Leo Kantrow, and Rustin Sqhan'd'ki :vy,ph ^the Team High School .Section; and
WHEREAS, In the 2019 U.S. Academic Decathlon State ' of Illinois Competition, Whitney Young High School students Jack Fetsch, Joseph .'Radinsky, Bryan Wong, Taylor Carson, Lorenzo Bautista, Allison Chhay, Braulio Cornejo, and Noah McKay won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In Ihe Chicago Middle School Debate League City Championship. South Loop Elementary student Miles Reeves was Varsity Champion and South Loop Elementary students Rebecca Chan and Grace Bauer won Varsity 2nd Place; Lincoln Elementary students Megha Khemka and Olivia Nach were Junior Varsity Champions; Skinner West Elennentary students Sunshine Pang and Trey Tucker won Varsity 2nd Place; Bell Elementary students Greyson Parfenoff and Zoey Walsh were Novice Champions; Skinner West Elementary students Mary Yoon and Rebecca Besecker won Novice 2nd Place; South Loop Elementary student Miles Reeves won the Varsity Top Speaker Award; OA Thorp Elementary student Krishna Muharremaj won Varsity Top Speaker 2nd Place; Skinner West Elementary student Rebecca Chan won Varsity Top Speaker 3rd Place; Skinner West Elementary student Anna Shao won Junior Varsity Top Speaker Award 1st Place; Skinner West Elementary student Anna Shao won Junior Varsity Top Speaker Award 2nd Place; South Loop Elementary student Nikita Agrawal won Junior Varsity Top Speaker Award 3rd Place; Pierce Elementary student Luz Valenzuela won Novice Top Speaker Award 1st Place; Bell Elementary student Ava Doran won Novice Top Speaker Award 2nd Place; and Bell Elementary student Zoey Walsh won Novice Top Speaker Award 3rd Place; and
WHEREAS, In the Chicago High School Debate League City Championship, Solorio Academy High School students Kelvin Castro and Amado Candalerio were Varsity Champions; Solorio Academy High School student Kelvin Castro was named 2019 Debater of the Year; Jones College Prep teacher Caitlin Miller was the Golden Gavel winner for teacher coach of the year; and Solorio Academy High School principal Victor Iturralde won Principal of the Year; and
WHEREAS, In the CPS Student STEM Exhibition, Lane Tech High School student. Dhruv Bala, Whitney Young Magnet High School students Kayla Huang and Mercy. Oladipo, arid Walter Payton High School student Annesh Anagha were International Science and Engineering Fair Participants; and Lane Tech High School student Gabriele Ron and Von Steuben student Sofia Rogel were Alternates in the International Science & Engineering Fair; and
WHEREAS, In the Chicago Public Schools 2019 Citywide Spelling Bee, Audubon Elementary student Aaron Chang was the Spelling Bee Champion; and
WHEREAS, In Ihe City of Chicago Math League Championship, Northside College Prep student Llorenz Meliton received the O'Roark Award for having Ihe highest cumulative score over four years; Northside College Prep student Llorenz Meliton won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Precalculus; Payton College Prep student Lauren Sands won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Precalculus; Norlhside College Prep sludent Michael Barz won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Algebra 2; Whitney Young High School student Luke Peng won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin award in Algebra 2; Whitney Young High School student Isabel McGuigan won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Geometry; Whitney Young High School student Jiajun Yan won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Geometry; Whitney Young High School student Christina Li won the 1st Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Algebra 1; Whitney Young High School student Adela Jianu won the 2nd Place McCarthy-Murzin Award in Algebra 1; Payton College Prep student Sedona Kessler won 1st Place in Algebra 1 - Division A; Whitney Young High School student Isabel McGuigan won 1st Place in Algebra 2 - Division A; Northside College Prep student Michael Barz won 1st Place in Algebra 2 - Division A; and Payton College Prep student Lauren Sands won 1st Place in Precalculus - Division A; and
WHEREAS, The Members of this Chamber are pleased to congratulate all of the members of the Chicago Public Schools teams on their overwhelming success in their fields of competition; now, therefore
BE IT-RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago;'assembled'here'v.fhis^.teh'fh'day of April, 2019, do hereby applaud and congratulate all of .these. Chicago. Public School students, on their championship performances; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,"that suitable copies of this resolution be presented to each of these exemplary Chicago'Public School students as a token of our respect and of our best wishes for a bright and.prosperous future.
resolution
adopted by 97ie Glty QoUHcil
oft^ Gity of Qkicago, Illinois
/■*/-> Aldermdn Proco joe Moreno and Howard Brookins, Jr.
Jfjresented by Mayor Rahm Emanuel Qn April 10,201?
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WHERE AS, In the CPS K-8 Chess Championship, Skinner North student 'Alexander Oseledets won 1st Place in k-2,;Decafur student Enhkjin Namuunbayar won 1st Place in K-4, Decatur CJassicdj, School /student Christopher Sakaliyski won 1st Place in K-6, and Whitney Young Academic Center student Kim Gunn won 1 st Place in K-8; and
WHEREAS, In the IHSA State Chess Championship, Whitney Young High School students Nikhil Kalghatgi, Aria Hoesley, Matthew Stevens, Tristan Kenny, Dino Vazquez, Bobby Bitunjac, Deniz Gulecyuz, Akhil Kalghatgi, Dylan Chhay, and Daniel Zhang won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the United States Chess Federation K-12 High School National Championship, Whitney Young High School students Matthew Stevens won 1st Place; and
WHEREAS, In the 10th Annual Budding Grandmasters of Chess Greater Chicago . K-12 Championships, Decatur Classical School student Troy Gonzales won the. Individual Primary Section; Beaubien Elementary student Dimitri Deligiannis. won the Individual Elementary .Section;. Skinner North student Jack Heller won the Individual , Junior High
• Section; Decatur Classical student Avi Kaplqna won the High SqhoOl.Section; the Skinner
■ ■/'North Chess Team, whose members include Leo Hqrtstein, Alexqhder Oseledets, and
, Andrew Xie wop the Team Primary Section; the Decatur Classical' Chess Team, whose members include ' Siri Chennareddy, Jenna Ginco,: Liqm Minkoy, and Ahujin'.'
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'ISreekar Gqngayafapu, Sophie Hong, .and Christopher Sakaliyski won the Teqm^ Elementary Section; the University of Chicago .iLdb'Sehqol 'Ch'es^ team, whose imembers ■ include Gyrus.-Esmailzadeh; Emmett Goolsbeev• Allison'li, 4unliang?liu, Alice Bap, .Krish
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Elementary students Rebecca Chan and cZZ l Y Champ,on and South Loop E ementary students Megha Khemka and O iv^ n^T W°" ^ P'°Ce; Linco'" Sk,nner West Elementary students SunshTe p ! h t ^ JUnbr Varsity ChQ™P''ons; Be,, Elementary studenTs Greyso^
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Award 2nd.Place; South Loop tiementary student mv+ T ■Jun,pr Varsity Top Speaker- ,
Speaker Award 3rd Place- Pierce ftrll + ^ N.k.ta Agrawal won Junior Varsity Too -
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Award 3rd Place; and ... ary sruaent Zoey Walsh won Novice Top Speaker Y <;,ir:
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